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#568723 - 11/18/09 10:31 AM Trivia
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Try your hand at these brain-busting trivia questions. Remember, please, that you may not google or use any reference sources for the first 24 hours of this thread.

-1. The SS Stockholm struck and sank what Italian ocean liner off the coast of Nantucket in 1956?
-2. What name comes from a St. Lawrence Iroquoian word meaning “village” or “settlement”?
-3. The first modern drive-through window was introduced in 1971 by what fast-food franchise?
-4. Which abstract expressionist has been called “Jack the Dripper” by critics?
-5. Stroking what part of the body will produce the Babinski reflex?
-6. A psychotic socialite, a famous tennis star, and a lot of double-crossing are the themes of what 1951 Hitchcock thriller?
-7. What color is the arcade character Q*bert?
-8. Found mainly in Indonesia, what is the world’s largest lizard species?
-9. What is the oldest form of fabric – with samples found dating back from 6,500 BC?
-10. In 1963, the Singing Nun had the only song sung in French ever to go #1 on the American pop chart. What was the name of the song?
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#568729 - 11/18/09 10:41 AM Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora]
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10. Dominic?
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#568734 - 11/18/09 10:50 AM Re: Trivia [Re: Cue]
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7. orange smile
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#568740 - 11/18/09 11:08 AM Re: Trivia [Re: GBC]
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3. McDonald's?

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#568741 - 11/18/09 11:09 AM Re: Trivia [Re: GBC]
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8. komodo????
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#568748 - 11/18/09 11:46 AM Re: Trivia [Re: curly]
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5. bottom of the foot
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#568758 - 11/18/09 12:08 PM Re: Trivia [Re: zookeeper]
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in reference to #10 :
Dominique・・・The Singing Nun...(YouTube)
haven't heard that one in ages!
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#568778 - 11/18/09 01:30 PM Re: Trivia [Re: katbear50]
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4. Jackson Pollock ??
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#568780 - 11/18/09 01:34 PM Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora]
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2. Canada smile
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#568908 - 11/18/09 07:46 PM Re: Trivia [Re: manxman]
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Wow, great answers! smile

Jimbo, try again. smile
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#568945 - 11/18/09 10:08 PM Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora]
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6. "Strangers on a Train"

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#568950 - 11/18/09 10:45 PM Re: Trivia [Re: Sondi]
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3. I actually saw this on a Food Network show a while back.
Wendy's wave
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#568968 - 11/19/09 12:08 AM Re: Trivia [Re: cyrus]
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Sondi and cyrus thumbsup wave

Love the Food Network! smile
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#569165 - 11/19/09 02:46 PM Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora]
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1. the Andrea Doria (A number of years ago I read the book Saved by William Hoffer, which is an excellent account of the collision.)
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#569265 - 11/19/09 07:14 PM Re: Trivia [Re: LadyKestrel]
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Good one, LadyK! And thanks for the recommendation. smile
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